This episode was originally released on October 18, 2019. In celebration of Halloween, we're airing spooky tales from our archives. Olga of Kiev executed one of the most bone-chilling revenge tours in ...
Olga of Kiev was the ruthless regent turned saint with a thirst for revenge that couldn’t be slaked. She buried and burned her enemies alive—then prayed for their salvation. Crime sparks state of ...
Miles Pattenden has previously received research funding from the British Academy, the European Commission, and the Government of Spain. The past few days have seen a spate of videos showing ...
I’d never heard of Olga of Kyiv until recently. She is not well-known in the Western world, but is celebrated more widely in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches, where she is honored as ...
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A banner reading "World help us" is displayed on the covered and protected monument of Olga of Kiev, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 30. Iuliia Mendel is a journalist and former press secretary for ...
A teenage gymnast is forced to leave Kyiv as violence breaks out in Ukraine, making it difficult to focus on her Olympic dreams, in Elie Grappe's timely debut. If all the bad news from that corner of ...